⁷ The days of ^(A)punishment have come,
The days of ^(B)retribution have come;
^[a]Let Israel know this!
The prophet is a ^(C)fool,
The ^[b]inspired person is ^(D)insane,
Because of the grossness of your ^(E)wrongdoing,
And because your ^[c]hostility is so great.
⁸ Ephraim was a watchman with my God, a prophet;
Yet the snare of a bird catcher is in all his ways,
And there is only ^[d]hostility in the house of his God.

¹⁵ All their evil is at ^(A)Gilgal;
Indeed, I came to hate them there!
Because of the ^(B)wickedness of their deeds
I will drive them out of My house!
I will no longer love them;
All their leaders are ^(C)rebels.
^16 (D)Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up,
They will produce ^(E)no fruit.
Even though they give birth to children,
I will put to death the ^(F)precious ones of their womb.
¹⁷ My God will reject them
Because they have ^(G)not listened to Him;
And they will be ^(H)wanderers among the nations.